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darkreading Jul 20, 2026 at 20:26

Remediating Vulnerabilities With LLMs: Inside Ivanti's Automation Push

Ivanti CSO Daniel Spicer says frontier models have shown surprising effectiveness in early stages; but cost and human-in-the-loop viability remain open questions.

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darkreading Jul 20, 2026 at 19:32

25 Years After Code Red: What the Worm Era Can Teach Us About AI Security

Marc Maiffret reflects on Code Red's legacy and the security lessons helping organizations navigate AI risk today.

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darkreading Jul 20, 2026 at 19:07

CISOs Feel the Heat Over AI Risk

Job pressures have increased as companies run headlong into AI adoption, causing 26% of top security executives to consider leaving their position.

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darkreading Jul 20, 2026 at 18:30

Attackers Combo Up Evasion Tactics for BEC Phishing

"The TFF Trap" uses fileless techniques and loaders with low detection rates to deploy various RATs and stealers, including Agent Tesla, Remcos, XWorm, and Best Private Logger.

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darkreading Jul 20, 2026 at 14:00

Cybersecurity Keeps Events 'Uneventful'

From the World Cup to the United States' 250th celebration, this year's event calendar has been packed with high-profile gatherings that drew global audiences, intense scrutiny, and enormous security demands.

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darkreading Jul 17, 2026 at 20:01

Inc Ransomware Exploits SonicWall SMA Zero-Days

When chained together, the two vulnerabilities allow threat actors to gain root-level capabilities on SonicWall's mobile access appliances.

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darkreading Jul 17, 2026 at 16:43

The Real AI Threat Is Blind Trust

AI models left to both interpret and execute commands eliminate critical cybersecurity oversight.

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darkreading Jul 17, 2026 at 13:00

Gold Eagle Clearinghouse Targets Security Gap, But How Is Unclear

The White House launched Gold Eagle to coordinate vulnerability response in a new AI world, but multiple questions linger over how it's being implemented.

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darkreading Jul 17, 2026 at 11:50

Google Bets 'Agentic Defense' Strategy Can Outpace Attackers

Google Cloud incorporates key Wiz capabilities into an agentic defense platform to automate threat detection and remediation against AI attacks.

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darkreading Jul 16, 2026 at 20:57

Agentic AI Is Untamable: Ask the Right Security Questions

Forget about attackers. Agentic artificial intelligence is creating enough risks for organizations and demands a security reframe.

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darkreading Jul 16, 2026 at 19:41

1M+ Emails Use Hidden Text to Dupe AI Security Filters

Artificial intelligence and LLMs can be surprisingly ineffective against text salting, allowing phishing emails to slide right into your inbox.

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darkreading Jul 16, 2026 at 07:00

Police Disrupt a €140M Cyber Fraud Ring in Spain

Iberian hackers carried out a variety of cyberattacks and laundered the winnings through complex financial networks.

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darkreading Jul 15, 2026 at 21:19

Forgotten Bootloaders Expose Secure Boot Blind Spot

Nearly a dozen vulnerable and now revoked UEFI shim bootloaders remained trusted for years, giving attackers a path to bypass Secure Boot.

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darkreading Jul 15, 2026 at 20:16

Identity Attacks Overtake Exploits as Top Ransomware Cause

Email attacks overtook exploits as the top ransomware root cause last year. Multifactor authentication (MFA) was deployed in 97% of credential-based attacks but failed to prevent compromise.

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darkreading Jul 15, 2026 at 18:08

Guten Tag, Bonjour, Hola to Our European Cyber Defenders!

We're thrilled to unveil the latest evolution of Dark Reading's DR Global section — your go-to source for region-specific cybersecurity intelligence beyond North America.

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darkreading Jul 15, 2026 at 17:03

Is 'Tech-xit' Imminent? UK Steps Up Sovereignty Push Amid AI Strife

The US government's restrictions on Anthropic and OpenAI frontier models have intensified calls in the UK and other countries to reduce their reliance on US tech companies, with significant cyber implications.

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darkreading Jul 15, 2026 at 15:27

Claude Flaw Automatically Sends Malicious Prompts to AI Agents

When combined with another exploit, the "PromptFiction" vulnerability, which has been fixed, could have enabled an end-to-end attack on a targeted system.

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darkreading Jul 15, 2026 at 13:00

2-Click Cursor Exploit Enables Dev Environment Takeover

Simple age-old bugs give bad actors access to developers' secrets and source code-rich environments.

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darkreading Jul 15, 2026 at 08:00

Nigeria Deepens Cybersecurity Efforts as Cybercriminals See More Profits

The West African country advanced rules to force organizations to disclose cyberattacks, joining other nations in a shift to mandated transparency.

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darkreading Jul 15, 2026 at 00:05

Cribl Adds Agentic Detection Engineering & Boosts SecOps With CardinalOps Deal

CardinalOps will give Cribl customers the ability to map detection rules and security controls to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. SecOps teams can identify coverage gaps and operationalize threat intelligence.

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